China-Australia Industrial Design Forum - China

The Design Institute of Australia and MADA Monash University Art Design and Architecture featured in the China-Australia forum held yesterday in Suzhou China.

Suzhou News TV coverage of the China-Australia Industrial Design Forum.

Keynote speakers at the China - Australia Industrial Design Forum include:

Professor Xue Chengqi - Southeast Univerity China

Professor Liu Guanzhong - Tsinghua University China
Dr Ethan Wang - Monash University Australia
Ian Wong FDIA- Monash University - Design Institute of Australia
David Flynn FDIA - Head of Design - Willow Australia.

Suzhou News TV coverage of the China-Australia Industrial Design Forum.

Suzhou News TV coverage of The 1st Suzhou Industrial Design Exhibition. Suzhou. China.

Video of Suzhou News broadcast June 3rd 2013 

The Design Institute of Australia, MADA - Monash University Art Design and Architecture, and the Southeast University-Monash University Joint Graduate School (Suzhou) stand at The 1st Suzhou Industrial Design Exhibition was featured in the 6.30pm Suzhou News broadcast. The stand features 3D printing technology, digital design technology demonstrations and award winning projects from industrial design members of the Design Institute of Australia. 

The 1st Suzhou Industrial Design Exhibition - Monash University

Southeast University-Monash University Joint Graduate School (Suzhou)

3D printing with the MakerBot Replicator 2 featured in The 1st Suzhou Industrial Design Exhibition China.

The 1st Suzhou Industrial Design Exhibition, Suzhou, China

Bernie Walsh demonstrates at The 1st Suzhou Industrial Design Exhibition China

Bernie Walsh demonstrates at The 1st Suzhou Industrial Design Exhibition China

Bernie Walsh and David Flynn demonstrate the latest digital sketching techniques at The 1st Suzhou Industrial Design Exhibition China.

Tsinghua University Professor Liu Guanzhong at The 1st Suzhou Industrial Design Exhibition, Suzhou, China.

The 1st Industrial Design Exhibition - Suzhou China 2013

The Design Institute of Australia and Monash University will feature in the First Suzhou Industrial Design Exhibition and R&D Public Service Activities organised by the People's Republic of China Suzhou City Science and Technology Bureau.

The 1st Suzhou Industrial Design Exhibition - Suzhou, China

The Australia China collaboration will begin with the China-Australia Industrial Design Forum following the official opening of the new Suzhou Industrial Design Centre in downtown Suzhou close to the historic Ping Yang Road. The Design Institute of Australia, MADA - Monash University Art Design and Architecture, and the Southeast University - Monash University Joint Graduate School (Suzhou) will be represented on a combined Australia stand in the exhibition. The Design Institute of Australia exhibit will feature award winning work from industrial design practice members. The stand will also feature Makerbot Replicator 2 3D printing and the latest Wacom Cintiq digital sketching tablets currently used by students in the Master of Industrial design program. Monash University lecturer Bernie Walsh will demonstrate Autodesk Sketchbook Pro and the latest Samsung digital tablet technology.

Bernie Walsh

Keynote speakers at the China - Australia Industrial Design Forum include:

Professor Xue Chengqi - Southeast Univerity China
Professor Liu Guanzhong - Tsinghua University China
Dr Ethan Wang - Monash University Australia
Ian Wong - Monash University - Design Institute of Australia
David Flynn - Head of Design - Willow Australia.

Professor Xue Chengqi

Professor Liu Guanzhong

Dr Ethan Wang

Dr Ethan Wang from Monash University will chair the forum and discuss his PhD research related to SME's in China and Australia. Professor Xue Chengqi director of the Department of Industrial Design at Southeast University will discuss industry research outcomes in China. Ian Wong FDIA - Program Director Master of Industrial Design Monash University and representing the Design Institute of Australia will outline Industrial Design practice in Australia including research on the history of industrial design in Victoria. David Flynn FDIA will present an Australian perspective on design management in consulting and manufacturing.

Ian Wong

Monash University have commenced the Master of Industrial Design program at the Southeast University-Monash University Joint Graduate School (Suzhou) in the Suzhou Industrial Park Dushu Lake Education Precinct.

The First Suzhou Industrial Design Exhibition and R&D Public Service Activities
178 East Gan Jiang Road

June 3rd -June 5th 2013
Suzhou. China

China Australia Industrial Design Forum - 10am June 3rd

Digital Industrial Design Techniques - Bernie Walsh
Monday June 3rd - 2pm and 3pm
Tuesday June 4th - 10am, 11am, 2pm, 3pm
Wednesday June 5th - 10am, 11am, 2pm, 3pm

Australian and International enquiries: ian.wong@monash.edu




The First Suzhou Industrial Design Exhibition - June 3-5 2013

Design Institute of Australia

Southeast University-Monash University Joint Graduate School (Suzhou)

Monash University

Southeast University

MADA Monash University Art Design & Architecture

Suzhou Industrial Design Association

Ford Escort - Shanghai Auto Show 2013

Ford released the Escort concept at the Shanghai Auto Show 2013.

Ford Escort concept  - Shanghai Auto Show 2013

Ford Escort concept  - Shanghai Auto Show 2013

Ford Escort concept  - Shanghai Auto Show 2013

Ford Escort concept  - Shanghai Auto Show 2013

Gate of the Orient - Suzhou China

The Gate of the Orient skyscraper is nearing completion in Suzhou China.

Gate of the Orient  - Suzhou China

Suzhou - Venice of the East

The city of Suzhou in China is considered the Venice of the East. Time Square is located in the Suzhou Industrial Park and community life is centred around waterways and bridges.

Suzhou China

Ed Linacre - Milan success

Melbourne Movement designer Ed Linacre received an Honorable Mention in the Design Report Award 2013 at Salone Satellite in Milan for his new lighting pendant 'The Nest'. The prestigious jury panel included Younes Duret, Benjamin Hubert, Kuno Prey, Renny Ramakers and Nicola Stattmann who presented the awards at a ceremony held during this years Salone Satellite exhibition.

Ed Linacre - Design Report Award. Milan

Design Report Award 2013 - Salone Satellite Milan

Ed Linacre - Melbourne Movement

The Nest designed by Ed Linacre.

John Barrett - Teague

John Barrett will present at the agIdeas International Design Conference at the Advantage Business breakfast Thursday May 2nd.

John Barratt is president and CEO of the long-established global industrial design consultancy Teague, headquartered in Seattle, USA.

John Barrett - Teague

John dedicates his time to positioning the company for future success while building on its rich heritage, striking a careful balance between evolving the Teague brand and safeguarding the legacy. During his five years in the position, he's established and strengthened Teague's partnerships with some of the world's leading brands including Hewlett-Packard, Nike, The Boeing Company, Starbucks, Panasonic, LG, Samsung, Rockwell Collins and Microsoft. John completed a bachelor's degree in three-dimensional design at Teesside Polytechnic, UK, and then a master's degree in industrial design at Leicester Polytechnic. 

He joined Exatiss Concept in Paris as a product designer in 1990, moving after five years to Philips Design in Holland, where he had the great fortune to work under the direction of Stefano Marzano, building and leading design teams that embodied poetic design, passionate creative direction and a missionary zeal to exceed expectations. 

In five years at Philips, John held leading positions in their Hong Kong, Eindhoven and New York studios and then, as strategic design manager, established a coherent brand language across Philips' ranges of telecommunication products, initiating and implementing a future-focused ideation process for the burgeoning mobile phone market. 

His global experience in operational and strategic roles at Philips Design facilitated his move to Teague in 1999. Under John's direction, Teague's contributions to design have been honoured with dozens of prestigious awards including multiple Red Dot, IDEA, Good Design and iF awards.


aGIdeas - Advantage Business Breakfast
Thursday 2 May
7.00am to 8.00am - registration, breakfast & networking
8.00am to 10.00am - speaker presentations
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC)
www.mcec.com
Tickets - AMI Members $80  Business ticket $90

Dan Formosa - Smart Design

Smart Design Co-Founder Dan Formosa will speak at the 2013 agIdeas Research Conference and Advantage Business Breakfast, providing information on the link between design, design thinking and innovation. He will discuss how design thinking is acknowledged globally as a stimulus for innovation, and will talk to his area of expertise, across creativity and address pertinent issues with an eye on the practicality of applying outcomes in the business environment.

Dan Formosa co-founder of Smart Design

IMAGE COURTESY OF SMART DESIGN

Through case studies, Dan will analyze exactly why innovation can work for both new and existing products across different industries. Formosa’s Smart Design clients include Coca-Cola, Ford, General Motors, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Kellogg’s, LG Electronics, McDonald’s, Microsoft, Nike, Samsung, Shell, Toshiba, Toyota and Yahoo! so there’s plenty to learn from the man’s methods here.


AgIdeas Research Conference
Tuesday 30 April
9.00am to 5.00pm Presentations
5.00pm to 6.00pm Networking Drinks
Networking drinks held in conjunction with the Design Management Institute's Night Out, at Riverland Bar, Federation Square.

Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Federation Square
Tickets - Lecturer $160, Student $110, Industry  $160



aGIdeas - Advantage Business Breakfast
Thursday 2 May
7.00am to 8.00am - registration, breakfast & networking
8.00am to 10.00am - speaker presentations
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC)
www.mcec.com
Tickets - AMI Members $80  Business ticket $90

Suzhou China - Suzhou Industrial Design Association

Southeast University-Monash University Joint Graduate School (Suzhou) is a member of the Suzhou Industrial Design Association.

Suzhou Industrial Design Association - Suzhou China

Suzhou China - Bike share system.

Suzhou is very well served by an effective bike share scheme and I have taken the opportunity recently to explore Dushu Lake and Jinji Lake as well as the many gardens in Suzhou.

Bike share system in Suzhou China.

Exhibition Beijing - International Tangible Interaction Design Lab

Tsinghua University in Beijing hosted the first Annual Exhibition for the International Tangible Interaction Design Lab recently.

Opening ceremony for the International Tangible Interaction Design Lab exhibition. L-R Professor Liu Zhen Sheng and Dr Stephan Wang.

International Tangible Interaction Design Lab exhibition at Tsinghua University China.

International Tangible Interaction Design Lab exhibition at Tsinghua University China.

International Tangible Interaction Design Lab exhibition at Tsinghua University China.

Replicator 2 - Monash University Industrial Design

The Replicator 2 3D printer from Makerbot arrived recently at Monash University Industrial Design and lecturer Dr Robbie Napper has begun using the printer for research and teaching.

Dr Robbie Napper with the Makerbot Replicator 2 3D printer.

Suzhou China - Water and light show at Jinjii Lake.

The water and light show is a feature of life in Suzhou and is presented each Friday and Saturday evening at 8.00pm on Lake Jinji Suzhou China.

Water and light show on Lake Jinji Suzhou China.

Design Research Methods - Industrial Design China

Design research methods are being explored by students enrolled in the Master of Industrial Design in Suzhou China at the Southeast University-Monash University Joint Graduate School (Suzhou).

Design research presentations by industrial design students in Suzhou China.

Design research is about practice so students were set the task of gathering research data from the famous Ping Jiang Road district in Suzhou.

    学习工业设计。

Students interested in the Master of Industrial Design (Double Masters) delivered in Suzhou should contact ian.wong@monash.edu

Full course details on SEU website here. http://yzb.seu.edu.cn/s/352/t/1754/09/b2/info68018.htm